Mike Wead

Mike Wead

Mike Wead
Background information
Birth name Mickael Vikström
Born 6 April 1967
Boden, Sweden
Genres Heavy metal, Progressive metal, Thrash metal
Occupation(s) musician, studio engineer
Instruments guitar, keyboard
Years active 1987–present
Associated acts Hexenhaus, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, bibleblack, The Project Hate MCMXCIX
Website myspace.com/mikeweadofficial

Mike Wead (real name Mikael Vikström) is a Swedish guitarist who lives in Stockholm. Wead contributed to heavy metal bands such as Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Witch, Firegod, Candlemass, The Project Hate. Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, and bibleblack.[1] As a guitarist in King Diamond, Wead shares lead guitar duties with Andy LaRocque. Wead also works as a producer and sound engineer.

Discography

With Mercyful Fate

  1. Dead Again (1998)
  2. 9 (1999)

With King Diamond

  1. Abigail II: The Revenge (2002)
  2. The Puppet Master (2003)
  3. Deadly Lullabyes Live (2004)
  4. Give Me Your Soul... Please (2007)

With Hexenhaus

  1. A Tribute to Insanity (1988)
  2. At the Edge of Eternity (1990)
  3. Awakening (1991)
  4. Dejavoodoo (1997)

With Candlemass

  1. Nightfall (1987)
  2. As It Is, As It Was (1994)
  3. Leif Edling The Black Heart of Candlemass (2002)

With Memento Mori

  1. Rhymes of Lunacy (1993)
  2. Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales (1994)
  3. La Danse Macabre (album) (1996)
  4. Songs for the Apocalypse Vol IV (1997)

With Abstrakt Algebra

  1. Abstrakt Algebra (1995)

With Bibleblack

  1. The Black Swan Epilogue (2009)
  2. In Sanguis Veritas (TBA 2011)

Selected Guest Appearances

With Memory Garden

With Edge of Sanity

With Notre Dame

With In Aeternum

With Elvenking

With Her Whisper

With Sinners Paradise

With Kamlath

With The Project Hate MCMXCIX

With Deadlands

With Pharaoh

With Snowy Shaw

With Minions

References

  1. ↑ "King Diamond, Memory Garden members join forces in Bibleblack". Blabbermouth.net. March 2, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2009.

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